A researcher and his team go to his grand-father’s house to try and unearth Nazi documents for the sake of history. Once on location, things take a turn for the odd and unusual.
Tag Archives: found footage
Puzzle Box (2023) [Halloween Horror Month]
Available now from Welcome Villain Films
A woman with addiction issues is heading to a rented house with her sister who will help her get clean and film the process. Once they arrive, they find two identical houses on the property and things get weirder and weirder from there.
The Workout (2024) [Fantastic Fest 2024]
Following his wife’s murder in a seemingly random hit, an Army Ranger decides to take things in his own hands to solve the case. Permanently.
In Our Blood (2024) [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]
A documentary filmmaker and her cinematographer go visit her mother who she hasn’t seen in a very long time. Following an uneventful dinner, the mother disappears, leading the duo to look for her and find things they were not prepared for.
Diary of the Dead (2007) [Blu-Ray/Digital]: Wal-Mart Exclusive Steelbook
Later in his career, George Romero never could win with audiences. If he was too campy, he was berated for not being serious enough. When he was too serious, he was berated for “losing his sense of humor.” With “Diary of the Dead,” Romero has a very unique and important statement to make about the media, misinformation, and the dangers of social media. With “Diary of the Dead,” Romero bounces back and forth between cheeky camp and some stern warnings about misinformation and sensationalism during very real times.
With this iteration of the zombie apocalypse, it isn’t so much the death of death that kills us, but the lack of information for the sake of entertainment.
Bad Movie Monday: THE MCPHERSON TAPE (1989)
Most found footage films are pretty review-proof. Seriously, how could anyone dare criticize a movie like The McPherson Tape? It is the perfect example of a no-budget film made by people working with what they had and trying to make something interesting. Criticism in cases like this feels like a venial sin, worthy of the pillory. So obviously I am totally going to review it, but by now I like to consider myself an expert at this sort of thing. Don’t try this at home kids.
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Hunting for the Hag (2023)
A small group of friends head out to investigate a witch known as The Hawthorne Hag in an effort to catch her on camera.